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Police officers rarely use force in apprehending suspects, and when they do they seldom cause significant injuries to those arrested, according to a multi-site study published in the March issue of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. “The …

A Denver Post analysis published Sunday found that the Colorado city has paid nearly $13 million over the past decade to settle legal claims involving the police and sheriff departments, and that nearly 60 percent of that amount involved excessive …